Pride of Britain Awards

2010 Winner Counter-IED TaskForce, Afghanistan Imporvised Explosive Devices are one of the biggest threats to British and Allied forces in Afghanistan and the local population. It is the job of the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) to try and combat the devastation wreaked by these homemade bombs that have killed 53 British […]

2010 Winner Aimee Dempsey When a fire in a bin suddenly exploded in a fireball, 12-year-old Aimee reacted quickly and decisively. Without panicking, she rushed to the aid of seven children, saving at least three from serious harm. Aimee was with 10 other youngsters, the youngest just five, helping a neighbour in a nearby street […]

2010 Winner Ryan McLaughlin When Ryan McLaughlin’s mum was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis his life changed forever. At just 13 he was forced to listen to Kirsten, 35, cry out in pain and to shoulder more responsibility – helping his father take care of her. But, as he watched her suffer, Ryan vowed to make […]

2010 Winner PC Colin Swan A wrong turn led off-duty policeman Colin to a burning double-decker bus. He then risked his own life to rescue all 66 people on board just seconds before the vehicle exploded. Colin, 48, from London, was on the M3 when he spotted black smoke coming from the rear of a […]

2010 Winner Allison John Allison made medical history as the first person in Britain to have all her major organs transplanted. And she returns to hospital almost every day… as a doctor. When her failing liver, heart, lungs and kidneys were all successfully replaced as a teenager she vowed to repay the medical world. Allison, […]

2010 Winner Warrent Officer Class 2 Kim Hughes Bomb disposal expert Kim risked his life defusing seven bombs to save wounded comrades in Afghanistan – shunning the usual protective clothing. After Taliban bombs killed three soldiers and left two maimed, stranded and surrounded by explosive booby traps, the brave 31-year-old had no time to consider […]